PositiveThe Vancouver Sun (CAN)Every reader who discovers this delightful book will have personal favourites among the stories told ... [Ekelund] argues persuasively that modern life, with its toxic combination of torpid, sedentary rest with vehicles that take us too swiftly from one point to another without any physical exertion, is very bad for us. He invites his readers to join him on his chosen path, a path that involves regular walking with careful mindfulness...This is an invitation we should all accept.
Darrel J. McLeod
PositiveThe Vancouver SunTo undo the multiple evils of Canadian racism, we need to see it clearly. Unflinchingly honest accounts like McLeod’s allow us to see much of the past that has been obscured and distorted for non-Indigenous Canadians ... Anyone who cares about reconciliation and enjoys powerful prose narrative will be glad to have read this important book.
Larissa Lai
PositiveThe Pembroke Daily Observer (CAN)Resonant ... both an exciting read and a challenging reflection on race, gender, the fragile and human-poisoned environment and the dreamlike nature of human consciousness ... This is an ambitious work and Lai is wonderfully successful in her effort to mash up cinematic science fiction, magical realism elements and fascinating characters with a fierce concern for gender and racial justice to produce an impressive text ... The only outstanding flaw in the book is that with an ornately complex plot, with layers of both personal and historical backstory and multiple characters, and it is sometimes a daunting task for the reader to keep clear about just what is happening, and to whom ... luminous and challenging.
